Conveyer.



H. B. WYGKOFP,

GORVEYER APPLICATION FILED JAN. 11

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GONVEYER. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 11, 1909.

Patented Mar. 2, 1-915.

H. B. WYGKOFE.

CONVEYBR.

APPLIUATION FILED JAN. 11, 1909.

Patented Mar. 2, 1915.

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H. B. WYGKOFF.

GONYEYER. APPLIGATION FILED JAILll, 1909.

Patented M21122, 191-5.

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Eipeciila'tion at" m'am musm'r VVYGIEGFF,

1 151,; 111g spa *antion; is m provide idle and ins y be operated by an angina 02 *the purpose oi" mil or s Mme smcificaliy, it is-m'y object to pr-a- 1; V1513 de ice? 05 kind that may be w is .dc-fl Wifi not fall between the 13b s'izitsef Che comma-3'61", 1101 besme. sidesthe buckets; and the sides-f 1e senvajezr frame My inwniian cansisizsin cofisbruetion, 3%; armilgezneniz wm binszb sen of the v;-

ri0nsparts of thgdei ibe whereby the 0b jec'cs vcezlfimpha i are at'ained; as hereiz1- after more'fully set forth, pointed out in my claimg an hzstzmed the accompanying m draw mgs *h'1m1- 1 snows a $1615 elm-anon of a con-- vey i ezizfiaod fi my invantioir with warts of t? usual: brakeu (LT-72,) to showcerium-- details of 'lstrucfimn; F19. 2 shows a.

simiiair iew ill I 0f the shvw the cemplete machine. 01 plan; View of the c amplete devlce with Zhfi roof 11f tha'engine he'use and the receiving 01121 M the conveyer braksn'away; Fig; 4a

a p121 flew of the, receiving end'of thec" :H-L' MW COILVQf/G'i owl new wmaended t0 baww 55$ sidered m ses-nwtian wlfiri Fig: 3. 5

266 i 0 place relafive be a pile of 1m.

stones and the like, and so" sc arranged that the rating 3118- read ing end 116.91:- with pama bmke1rm ay t0 is 0f sonata?action sai when consid'ei'eai connectiam Wi LE: Fig? lskews Fig-J 3 shaws-a t'op' mken on we line i'3--5 a (lei-m5. :haf line u -1. w.

slight mac of tlw c0 aye? 8 is ezflarged "plan. view ii is Dortimz 0f thw :01 fijmr' Wih' bucksmi CKOSS'SHZiS c a airshow the links. i3: enlarg fend view-,- iilustrat a, 3321*: a;

buckaiv in position on the smrv wv chm/311 'Witha-pm't of the cmsssbzt mid @6163." part2; broken awn m 9 is awenla r-ge fi centralsectional view through thecOm'eye-r bucket? and crossshtsWith the conveyes hr i ig. 10-19 a sida vie-W of one 0f the convaye r links; and

FigLlk top 01 plan viaw of the A me.

lathe drawings mference mimefm 103m been used to indicate the baseimm a- 0f" five sliding lv mum 8d thereon a fiangewheelli M upon a trashy-$113; At base-frame 10 we the shafts M,

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1201 ng' whsjels rotatab ly and s 1x110 med thereon. In; "5311s way ili basefls sup uoftfid, upon our whe la are lossaly mounted. antheiz" upon a Muck mil i tha gmund.

Arrangnc'l' upon the bza e-cfmmie' 10 i5" hmrsing: 16 deaigned to cover the engii gearing dgvices hereinafter" described. Mounted upon the frame lO-is an upfighi; frame 17 which is supper-bed iii position by means sf the braces 1? on he frame 1". Guy r0dsl8are a'tached at one'endtg i rear or receivingand of flu 'GOHVEIWHFQmd'M7 the other and ta said uprightfrmne' 1'5. Mounted-upon. the fmma 10 iswjnenlizia- 1-9 which is connected by mews 0? a belt- .96 with a pulley 21' on a. shaf'i 529; The 79% rious opemfivive parts 01"? the geaisd-t'a ibis slmtft 22, as wil here-mafia appear.

The convey-2r frame is clearly illustrated;

in Fig; 6 zmq comprises two sidemembarsfii and 524, the side being somewhza highs? than the side 24. A numb-er a; sh: LE:-

1g renews portions the e rear end! 0%? the mm 13?. Wee 0f Winch rest ou com eye? am .26 thereom 0011mm theibwef sides 23 and 24 are the lower side members 2'? and 28 which are slungfrom the sides 23 and 24: by the conveyer braces 23 and 24.. T he sides 27 and 28 each carry a 'number of short shafts 29 on which rollers 30 are mounted. v i

The conveyer links, as clearly shown in Figs. 10 and 1]., are each composed of a body portion 31, having at one end a round ed lug and at the other endtwo rounded lugs 33, the lug 32 being designed to'enter between the lugs 33 of an adjacent link. All of said lugs are perforated to receive pivot ins. p- Secured to each pair of links is a cross slat 34 and on the lower faces of the links 'are the track portions 35 designed to rest on top of the rollers 26, as clearly shown in Fig. 6. Secured to each of the, adjacent cross slats 34 is a conveyor bucket comprising a flat bottom 36. The forward edge of each bucket is spaced behind theadjacent edge of the cross slat and the rear edge ofeach bucket projects over the 'rear'edge of the cross slat. Each conveyer bucket also comprises two upright side members'S'Z and an upright front 38. In Fig. 9 of thedrawings I have shown an arrargement of these bucket fronts, which is an important feature of my invention. This arrangement consists in providing a number of bucket front members 38 adjacent to each other and having a height about one-half that of the sides of the bucket, though at certain intervals throughout the length of the conveyer I provide bucket fronts 39 of materially greater height. The object of this feature of construction will be set forth hereinafter in connection with the description of the forward conveyor section,

For operating the rear conveyer section bypower from theengine, I haveprovided a shaft 40 mounted on the frame 10' and connected with the shaft 22 by'meansof the pinions 41 and 42. On the other end of the shaft 40 is a sprocket wheel 43 connected by a sprocket chain 44 with a sprocket Wheel 45; on a shaft 46, the latter being mounted on the frame of the forward conveyer, as will member 52, similar to the side members of. the rear con-veyer section before described.-

The shaft 4.6 is extcndedthroughthe rear end of the side member 51 and forms a pivot' on which said conveyor section may be raised or lowered.

I provide for driving the forwardlcom veyer section as follows: On the shaft 46 which is mounted on the-braces 17 is a forward conveyor section, I attach the rod 57 with a hook 58 at the top of the upright 17 by means of the pulleys 59 and 60 and the rope 61. This rope has one end fixed to and wound upon a Windlass 62 on the up right-17. I have also provided means for preventing material that is being carried by the conveyer from falling between the ends of the buckets and sides of the conveyer frame as follows: On each of the sides of the conveyer'frame is a shield 63 which extends dowmvardly to a point below the bucket sides'37 and to points adjacent to the inner surfaces of said sides 37, as clearly appears in Fig. (3. Inasmuch these bucket sides are higher than the front portions of the buckets, these shields will not in any way interfere or engage with the buckets.

It is obvious that when the forward c0nveyer section is at an angle'approaching the vertical, stones or large cinders thereon arelikely to fall rearwardlv, and in order to prevent them from striking upon the rear conveyer section I have provided a curved sheet metal plate 64: pivoted to the upright 17 with its forward end adjacent to and resting upon the frame of the forward conveyor. Thisplate will be engaged by any such falling stones or cinders and thus the rear conveyer section will be protected.

In practical use and assuming that it is desired to convey a quantity of cinders, or the like, from. a pile to a railway car, the operator first moves the machine until the .side 24 is close to the bottom of the pile of cinders, then the Cinders from the pile may be readily and easily moved to the buckets at the receiving end of the rear conveyer section. When this is being done, the side 23 forms a side-board to prevent the cinders from falling over the conveyer. Ma-

terial thus placed upon the rear conveyer section will be carried bythe buckets and discharged upon the rear end of the for Ward conveyer section. None of this material can fall out of the. buckets for the reason that the shields 63 prevent it from falling out over theends of the buckets, and

the bottoms of the buckets by projecting ever the spaces between the cross slats 34, prevent all of said material from falling down between the buckets. When the material is thus discharged upon the rear end of the forward section, it will be conveyed by the f rward section to the upper or .ischarg end thereof and will be loaded upon v a; car. By having the forwardiends of'the buckets arranged as shown in 11 with a number of them of greater height than the others, it is obvious that large cinders or clinker-s or other large bodies will be held the desired elevation by means of the windlass 62 and when said forward conveyer is .at a considerable degree of elevation and in the event that large cinders or stones should be in'position on the conveyer buckets and should start to fall downwardlyyin" a'direction opposite from the direction of movement of the conveyer, then said cinders or stones or the like would strike 11 on the curved plate 64 and thus be prevented from injuring the buckets of the rear conveyer section. i.

I claim as my invention. a y

1. In a device of the class described, the combination of aseries ofcross slats pivotally connected with each other, and ,a* sebeing fixed to each cross slat, the forward walls of said buckets being positioned in the rear of the forward edges of the slats, and the rear edges of the buckets being projected beyond the rear edges of the slats sothat the bottoms of said buckets overlap the spaces between the slats.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of a series of links, a cross slat fixed to the body portion of each of said links, a bucket on each of "said cross slats,

comprising a'bottom with its rear edge projected beyond the rear edge of the slat and its forward edge spaced apart from the forward edge of the slat, and also comprising two upright side members lying in alinement with the successive upright side members, and an upright front member lower I than said side members.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination of a series of cross slats, a bucket fixed in an offset position on each cross slat, each bucket having an upright front member, some of said front members being higher than others for the purposes stated, the side members extending above the front members. ii. In a device of the class described, the combination of a boom, a conveyer pivoted near the base of the boom, adjusting means for raising and lowering the other end of the conveyer, an integral member pivotally mounted to the boom and swingingin conformity to the raising or lowering of the conveyer, said member resting on said conveyer frame and slipping along the same when the conveyer is raised and lowered, v ries of buckets of uniform width, one bucket said member being spaced somewhat above the conveyer buckets and being concaved 'Witnesses:

J. V. Lnsnnnv, C. A. LESENEY.

HERBERT B. WYCKOFF. 

